Digging History1 day agoAztec 'tower of skulls' reveals more of its gruesome secretsArchaeologists in Mexico have found 119 more human skulls in a grisly Aztec "tower of skulls."
OPINION1 day agoNewt Gingrich: Let’s get ready to celebrate 1776 in 2026 — 250th anniversary of Declaration of IndependenceWe should be preparing to create a yearlong celebration of our country and its principles in 2026, which will be the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the true birth of our nation.
History4 days agoJohns Hopkins University reckons with history, reveals founder owned multiple slavesJohns Hopkins University heralded its founder's abolitionism for nearly a century, but a reexamination of the school's history recently revealed that Johns Hopkins actually owned several slaves.
Digging History5 days agoAmazon rock art discovery depicts prehistoric people and huge Ice Age beastsNewly discovered rock art in the Colombian Amazon depicts the rainforest’s early inhabitants living with giant Ice Age creatures.
FiresDecember 5Condition of NYC's Liberty Bell unclear after fire guts historic churchA historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof.
POLITICSDecember 4New project to give oral history of Hillary Clinton's careerA new project will document a complete oral history of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's career accomplishments.
FOODDecember 2‘MasterChef’ contestant specializing in Asian street cuisine apologizes for calling it 'dirty food'"MasterChef" UK star Philli Armitage-Mattin is apologizing after critics called her out for labeling Asian food "dirty."
WorldDecember 1Mysterious monolith 'disappears' from Romanian hillsideA monolith that went viral after appearing on a Romanian hillside has mysteriously “disappeared.”
WorldDecember 1Mysterious monolith appears near ancient site in RomaniaAnother mysterious monolith is causing a viral sensation after appearing on a hill in northern Romania.
Ancient RomeNovember 27Tourist returns stolen Roman ruins, apologizes for being ‘American a--hole’An American tourist has returned a fragment of ancient marble stolen from a trip to Rome — along with a note apologizing for “being such an American a--hole.”